List of people from Nizhny Novgorod

This is a list of notable people who have lived in Nizhny Novgorod (1932–1990: Gorky), Russia.

Coat of Arms of Nizhniy Novgorod
Coat of Arms of Nizhniy Novgorod
Ivan Kulibin
(1735–1818)
Nikolai Lobachevsky
(1792–1856)
Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky
(1838–1898)
Vladimir Steklov
(1864–1926)
Maxim Gorky
(1868–1936)
Zinovy Peshkov
(1884–1966)
Pyotr Nesterov
(1887–1914)
Nikolai Bulganin
(1895–1975)
Tatyana Averina
(1950–2001)
Svetlana Ganina
(born 1978)
Natalya Bochkareva
(born 1980)
Dmitry Aydov
(born 1982)
Natalia Vodianova
(born 1982)
Ekaterina Vilkova
(born 1984)
Nikolai Zhilyayev
(born 1987)

Born in Nizhny Novgorod

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1301–1800

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1801–1850

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1851–1900

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1901–1930

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1931–1950

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1951–1970

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1971–1980

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1981–1990

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1991–2000

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21st century

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Lived in Nizhny Novgorod

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Exiles to Nizhny Novgorod

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As a closed city that was inaccessible to foreign observers, this was a city for internal exiles.

  • Andrei Sakharov (1980–1989), eminent Soviet nuclear physicist, dissident and human rights activist, 1975 Nobel Peace Prize winner
  • Egidio Gennari (1980–1989), Italian exile who left Italy in 1926 due to the repression of the Fascist government and lived in the city

See also

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